Mine: Chelsea vs Bayern Bordeaux vs Moscow Man United vs Inter Madrid vs Porto Sevilla vs Lyon Barcelona vs Milan FIorentina vs Olympiakos Arsenal vs Stuttgart yours: ________________
MINE: Milan - Sevilla Porto - Barcelona Bayern - Fiorentina Olympiakos - Chelsea Inter - Real CSKA - ManU Lyon - Arsenal Stuttgart - Bordeaux
Milan - Barca Lyon - Sevilla Bayern - Fiorentina CSKA - Chelsea Inter - Real Oly - ManU Porto - Arsenal Stuttgart - Bordeaux
It's almost England vs Italy again in the 1st KO round, lol. I have to say the spanish teams have got a pretty easy draw, Real Madrid got the hardest with Lyon.
yet again spain gets the easy ties in the first ko round. getting bored of this uefa, can you please change the record? also, we have bitchslapped the serie a sides in recent years, but given the nature of the two matchups this year i fear that this year it maybe revenge time. man united have proven that they simply can not beat ac milan, no matter how old their squad is and how poor their serie a form is, and the only english side that i would fancy inter to maybe to something against would be chelsea, purely due to the mourinho factor. united and liverpool dispatched inter with ease in the last few years, and arsenal would run them off the pitch, but jose returning to chelsea, its not so clear cut.
Hmm I don't know about that.... Chelsea are not invincible and Man City, Everton and even Portsmouth were able to exploit their backline - if there's one guy who knows how to do it it's Jose Mourinho. Also, will the African Cup be on at that time? If so, that's Drogba, Essien, Mikel, etc all out. I also think that Milan can beat Man U - of course Man U can also beat Milan too but if Milan play like they did in Madrid, they definitely have a chance. I don't think Fiorentina will make it past Bayern though.
my predictions to qualify: Barca Bordeaux Chelsea Bayern Sevilla Real Madrid Arsenal MU pretty much all the home second leg-ers except bayern
Out of all the Italian teams I think Fiorentina have the best chance. Perfectly balanced side with lots of determination and a few rising stars that are clicking right now.
People who think Inter are going to the next round are dreaming. The perennial underachievers of the century don't just beat teams like Chelsea.